journalism.stanford.eduStanford Journalism Program

Stanford Open Policing Project Working with the School of Engineering, our goal is to help researchers, journalists and policymakers investigate and improve interactions between police and the public. LEARN MORE How should journalists cover President Trump? Stanford faculty discuss press freedom, the emergence of fake news, journalism ethics, media economics and the overall challenges of reporting on the new administration. WATCH PANEL EVENT Students learn how to find the hidden stories in data. DATA + STORYTELLING FIVE DATA JOURNALISM COURSES New classes focused on and investigative stories. public affairs reporting, computational methods LEARN MORE We're in the heart of Silicon Valley at the center of innovation and technology. LOCATION. LOCATION. LOCATION. Our students can take courses across Stanford gaining skills and experience in entrepreneurship, coding, statistics, and design thinking. INTERDISCIPLINARY Our students are not lost faces in a crowd. With 15-16 students, we thrive on 1:1 attention. FOCUSED SIZE Our faculty come from the halls of The New York Times, Bloomberg News, San Jose Mercury News, The Seattle Times The Washington Post and The Associated Press. PRO TEACHING TEAM STANFORD COMPUTATIONAL JOURNALISM LAB Learn more about the LEARN MORE at cjlab.stanford.edu Celebrating 125 years of journalism innovation across Stanford. Explore the past, present and future. LEARN MORE From 360 video to virtual and augmented reality, students explore different ways to tell a story, and emerging digital platforms used to distribute these new forms of journalism. Innovative Storytelling LEARN MORE Curriculum Courses + Requirements Student Projects See All Projects Peninsula Press News Website Special Interactive Reports Internships and Jobs Rebele Internship Funding Daniel Pearl Memorial Journalism Internship Admissions Applications Financial Aid Frequently Asked Questions Faculty Students Alumni CJ Lab News @StanfordJourn Stanford Journalism on Facebook Curriculum Courses + Requirements Student Projects See All Projects Peninsula Press News Website Special Interactive Reports Internships and Jobs Rebele Internship Funding Daniel Pearl Memorial Journalism Internship Admissions Applications Financial Aid Frequently Asked Questions Faculty Students Alumni CJ Lab News @StanfordJourn Stanford Journalism on Facebook HOME Stanford Journalism 2020-01-06T10:00:14-08:00 We’re passionate about storytelling + data. Right now, work at Stanford and the broader Silicon Valley is changing the way stories are discovered, told, and transmitted. We are part of that transformation, empowering students to produce work that is multimedia, data-intensive, entrepreneurial, and influenced by design thinking. Be a part of this innovation. Read a message from Director James T. Hamilton > × Message from the Director Thank you for your interest in the . Right now, work at Stanford and the broader Silicon Valley is changing the way stories are discovered, told, and transmitted. Our program is designed to help you lead that transformation. Core courses and electives will allow you to produce work that is multimedia, data-intensive, entrepreneurial, and influenced by design thinking. The program is rigorous: You are encouraged to pursue statistical or coding courses as your electives. It is focused: This all happens in nine months of instruction. It is small by design: We seldom take more than 15 or 16 students. It is a springboard to a career: Recent graduates are working at many of the world’s most influential media and technology companies. I hope you’ll explore the program’s curriculum and requirements for admission on this website. I also invite you to look carefully at the brief biographies of the faculty of the Department of Communication. There is nothing more important to the quality of a curriculum than the people who teach it. You may also want to look at the Peninsula Press , our multimedia news site where students publish their work in conjunction with local media partners. Please go to the applications page to learn about the admissions process. Helpful information for international students includes requirements on credentials for graduate study and student visa information. Sincerely, James T. Hamilton Director, Hearst Professor of Communication Learn about our master’s program Finding the hidden stories in data. We love storytelling. And at a time where data is everywhere, we’re training students to have the tech know-how to discover stories using data skills and how to effectively tell those stories using multimedia. What you’ll learn in our classes : Turning Data into Stories In Public Issues Data Journalism II, Farida Jhabvala Romero (MA ’15) learned to negotiate for data , clean data , build a scraper , analyze data using Excel and SQL and build a map for analysis in order to tell a story about towing in Menlo Park As reporters, students gain a data frame of mind. Beat Reporting and Source Building In News Reporting class, Carolina Wilson (MA ’15) focused on transportation in Silicon Valley, building up sources and refining story idea with thorough reporting. She produced an award-winning scoop which captured a major tension in the area between bike and regular commuters. Using Multimedia Tools to Tell a Story In Multimedia Storytelling, Yuqing Pan (MA ’15) used DSLR videography to chronicle a homeless couples’ experience. The result was a multimedia story about Santa Clara County’s plan to house the homeless . You’ll build skills in the latest storytelling and data tools, including: Final Cut Pro X Hindenburg Audio Editing GitHub Google Fusion Tables The command line Sublime Text Editor SQL Python R Advanced spreadsheet techniques Twitter API Tableau ArcGIS Mapping Tabula and data cleaning Adobe Photoshop Wordpress CMS Jekyll Social tools like Hootsuite Social media: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram [/one_third] [one_third last="no"] [/one_third] [one_third last="yes"] [/one_third] [one_third last="no"] [/one_third] [one_third last="no"] [/one_third] [one_third last="yes"] [/one_third] [one_third last="no"] [/one_third] [one_third last="no"] [/one_third] [one_third last="yes"] [/one_third] [one_third last="no"] [/one_third] [one_third last="no"] [/one_third] [one_third last="yes"] [/one_third] -- Explore Our Full Curriculum See those skills at play in published student projects: Profiles of Silicon Valley communities in transition A three-part series about Menlo Park’s transforming Belle Haven neighborhood, the push to revitalize the North Fair Oaks neighborhood and the region’s homeless issues. Skills: Building Sources Multimedia Storytelling Data Analysis and Mapping Caltrain bike commuters push for more space An in-depth multimedia report about the pressure for Caltrain to expand bicycle capacity to meet the ridership’s growing demand. Skills: Beat Reporting DSLR and GoPro Photography Mapping Financial burden of suspended driver’s licenses A mini-documentary profile of one of the estimated four million California drivers struggling to manage the mounting financial burden of a suspended driver’s license, the result of costly driving fines. Skills: DSLR Videography Optimizing Clean Audio Framing Sequences and B-Roll Editing Interdisciplinary innovation in the heart of Silicon Valley Faculty with newsroom and academic expertise Our faculty bring a combination of industry expertise and academic accomplishment to the classroom, from The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Seattle Times, the San Jose Mercury News, Bloomberg News and The Associated Press. A launchpad to newsrooms across the globe Stanford Journalism alumni are in newsrooms, media organizations and tech companies throughout the world, incl...